This year is the 14th time the event has kicked off a new season. South Australian Kerryn Brewer drove in the inaugural event in in a Commodore — it was the last time she competed in the championship. Last year there were eight brand new shiny cars on the track for the Clipsal History shows that the Adelaide street track is always tough.
No Clipsal race has ever produced a percent finishing rate, though it came close in when 27 of 28 starters finished the Sunday race. Related Content. Sponsored Content.
Skip to Content. The reigning Supercars champ has a perfect weekend in Adelaide, but teammate Jamie Whincup has a tougher start to his season.
By Matthew Clayton. Two races, two poles, two wins; starts to championship defences don't get much more emphatic than that, which explains why Shane van Gisbergen left Adelaide sporting a healthy grin after getting the Supercars season off to a perfect start at the Clipsal last weekend.
Saturday was plain sailing for SVG, but Sunday was a different story, overcoming a 5. It was a hard race, I had some fun battles. I struggled at the start, lost some time, it was all happening. Coming into the weekend we had a fair few unknowns, but it's great to know that we know how the car performs, we know the car is fast. In scary news for the rest, SVG managed a clean sweep despite the vibration issue that reared its head at the pre-event Sydney Motorsport Park test recurring on Sunday, which the Kiwi admitted made his life "uncomfortable".
If van Gisbergen's weekend was smooth, RBHRT teammate Jamie Whincup had quite the opposite, the six-time series champ finishing sixth on Saturday and Sunday to be placed in you guessed it sixth in the championship standings, 96 points adrift of his stablemate.
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